As I see it, no one in this discussion is actually for censorship. The debate is whether to keep or ditch the filters. Keeping the 40/80kb OP-RETURN filters as they are won’t lead to more censorship. Removing them will open the door to new risks. I just don’t see why we should take that risk. I understand you believe the CP won’t come to the blockchain because (1) criminals have better tools and (2) Bitcoin isn’t great for hiding stuff. I’m not really convinced by those particular arguments. They don’t address the threat of deliberate state-level attack. Plus, I really wouldn’t want to relay or store CP with my node.

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I think that the main problem is that the filters don't really shield you from CP on blockchain. If a block is mined, your node will still store it, so the best you can do with OP_RETURN filter is to delay the CP by 10 minutes. At least this is my current understanding of the issue.